Forum Terms

Forum Terms Explained

There are several variables associated with the individual forums.

NAME Each forum can have a unique NAME (such as, "Sports Talk", "HTML Zone", etc.). HTML is not permitted in forum names, so please don't try to include any HTML, javascript, or UBB Code in your forum names.

CATEGORY New in Version 4.0, Categories allow you to place each forum into a unique section. This is especially useful for sites with numerous forums. As an example, assume you have 5 forums associated with sports, 4 associates with politics, and 10 associated with web design. You could assign a "Sports" category for each of your sports forums, a "Politics" category for each of your political forums, and a "Web Design" category for the web design forums.
Assuming you activate the "Catogories Display" option in your General Variables settings, your forums will then be automatically displayed in the proper groupings. If you have no need for categories, just type "none" in the categories box for each forum.

TITLE GRAPHIC You may use a unique graphic for each forum, if you like. Just type the name of the graphic. If you use new graphics, be sure to upload the graphics to your NON CGI directory.
STATUS You can turn a particular forum on or off with this switch. Turning it off merely means that the forum will not be displayed to the public. Messages that may be in the forum are not deleted and the forum may be turned back on again in the future. This is merely a handy way of shutting down a particular forum for public access.

HTML ALLOWED If you want to allow your users to use HTML tags in their BB posts, turn this on. It is recommended that HTML be turned off, since one HTML error in a thread could throw off the display for the other replies on the thread page.

UBB Code ALLOWED UBB Code is the Ultimate Bulletin Board's shorthand, HTML-like code. For an explanation of UBB Code, click here. If you disable UBB Code, it will not work in the forum.

UBB CODE IMAGES ALLOWED You may want to allow your users to use UBB Code, but want to prevent them from using the UBB Code that allows for the dispaly of images. If that is the case, click on the "no" button.

MODERATOR NOTIFICATION Moderators may receive an email notification every time someone posts a note in their forum.

LIMITED WRITE ACCESS You may have a need for a forum that can only be written to by administrators, moderators, and those with a forum-specific password. If so, you can activate this feature for a particular forum (or forums). Only administrators, moderators, and those with the forum password may post messages in a Limited Write Access forum. Note: this does not affect viewing of the forum; anyone can view the posts in a Limited Write Access forum.

LIMITED WRITE ACCESS PASSWORD If you have activated Limited Write Access on a particular forum, you may assign a password to the forum. You can then distribute this password to anyone you want to allow to post messages to the forum. Only administrators, moderators, and those with the forum password may post messages in a Limited Write Access forum.

Description This is the brief summary of the purpose of the forum that is listed on your forum summary page (the first page viewers see when entering your BB). HTML is permitted.

NAME	Each forum can have a unique NAME (such as, "Sports Talk", "HTML Zone", etc.). HTML is not permitted in forum names, so please don't try to include any HTML, javascript, or UBB Code in your forum names.
CATEGORY	New in Version 4.0, Categories allow you to place each forum into a unique section. This is especially useful for sites with numerous forums. As an example, assume you have 5 forums associated with sports, 4 associates with politics, and 10 associated with web design. You could assign a "Sports" category for each of your sports forums, a "Politics" category for each of your political forums, and a "Web Design" category for the web design forums. Assuming you activate the "Catogories Display" option in your General Variables settings, your forums will then be automatically displayed in the proper groupings. If you have no need for categories, just type "none" in the categories box for each forum.
TITLE GRAPHIC	You may use a unique graphic for each forum, if you like. Just type the name of the graphic. If you use new graphics, be sure to upload the graphics to your NON CGI directory.
STATUS	You can turn a particular forum on or off with this switch. Turning it off merely means that the forum will not be displayed to the public. Messages that may be in the forum are not deleted and the forum may be turned back on again in the future. This is merely a handy way of shutting down a particular forum for public access.
HTML ALLOWED	If you want to allow your users to use HTML tags in their BB posts, turn this on. It is recommended that HTML be turned off, since one HTML error in a thread could throw off the display for the other replies on the thread page.
UBB Code ALLOWED	UBB Code is the Ultimate Bulletin Board's shorthand, HTML-like code. For an explanation of UBB Code, click here. If you disable UBB Code, it will not work in the forum.
UBB CODE IMAGES ALLOWED	You may want to allow your users to use UBB Code, but want to prevent them from using the UBB Code that allows for the dispaly of images. If that is the case, click on the "no" button.
MODERATOR NOTIFICATION	Moderators may receive an email notification every time someone posts a note in their forum.
LIMITED WRITE ACCESS	You may have a need for a forum that can only be written to by administrators, moderators, and those with a forum-specific password. If so, you can activate this feature for a particular forum (or forums). Only administrators, moderators, and those with the forum password may post messages in a Limited Write Access forum. Note: this does not affect viewing of the forum; anyone can view the posts in a Limited Write Access forum.
LIMITED WRITE ACCESS PASSWORD	If you have activated Limited Write Access on a particular forum, you may assign a password to the forum. You can then distribute this password to anyone you want to allow to post messages to the forum. Only administrators, moderators, and those with the forum password may post messages in a Limited Write Access forum.
Description	This is the brief summary of the purpose of the forum that is listed on your forum summary page (the first page viewers see when entering your BB). HTML is permitted.